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Descendants of Hagar / Nik Nicholson.
Van Pelt Library PS3614.I352 D48 2013
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholson, Nik.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American families--Georgia--Fiction.
- African American families.
- African American lesbians--Fiction.
- African American lesbians.
- Nineteen tens--Fiction.
- Nineteen tens.
- Georgia--Fiction.
- Georgia.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 372, 7 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : AuthorHouse, [2013]
- Summary:
- "It's 1914 in Zion, Georgia, during the Black Codes, when Negroes were lynched for one wrong glance. A time when marriage was an agreement between a woman's father and the man he chose for her. Most women had no romantic interest in their future husbands. In the worst case, they were promised to complete strangers. Madelyn "Linny" Remington is the great-great granddaughter of strong-spirited ex-slave, Miemay, who oversees her rearing. While other women were raised to be broken, Linny was reared to build and repair. When other women were expected to be seen and not heard, Linny was expected to vote beside men. As other women prayed they would be chosen for marriage before they were too old, Linny cleaned her rifle to hunt. While her sister hoped to honor her husband by bearing a son, Linny wondered how a single woman could provide for herself, when only male children could expect an inheritance. A secret has Linny slated as her father's favorite son. Until Linny makes a promise that frees her from a conventional woman's role, but the promise also brings shame on her family. Will Linny, threatened with alienation, honor her promise? Or bow to her father's will and go back on her word?"--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Contains a 7-page excerpt of The daughter of Zion (available September 2014).
- Lambda Literary Awards - LGBT Debut Fiction, Winner, 2014
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1481779702
- 9781481779708
- 9781481779715
- 1481779710
- OCLC:
- 854615062
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